The Bertone Pandion bears more than a passing resemblance to the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics concept, but then holy crap, the doors open and everything changes. Still, it's saving the best trick 'til you get up close.

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The real genius in the Pandion is in the front and rear grilles and the wheels. Resembling a pile of magnetized metal shavings or a bird's nest, the feature brings a degree of organized chaos never seen before in car design.

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Underneath the skin is a Maserati Gran Turismo chassis and a 4.7-liter Alfa V8.

Bertone wants the Pandion to represent a return to styling mastery. If they can just figure out how to apply the devilish detailing to create an overall shape that's far more resolved and dramatic than this one.